Wolfgang Knabe (born 12 July 1959) is a

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er. He finished eighth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final. His personal best jump was 17.12 metres, achieved in September 1988 in

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. This result places him ninth on the German all-time performers list, behind Ralf Jaros,

Charles Friedek Charles Michael Friedek (born 26 August 1971 in Gießen) is a German triple jumper who became world champion in 1999 with a jump of 17.59 metres. He had already won the World Indoor Championships the same year, with an indoor PB of 17.18 metres. ...

, Volker Mai, Dirk Gamlin, Peter Bouschen, Wolfgang Zinser,

Jörg Drehmel Jörg Drehmel (born 3 May 1945) is a retired East Germany, East German triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1972 Olympics. He was the European champion in 1971. Sports career Drehmel first tried his hand at the javelin throw and the de ...

and Jörg Elbe. He became West German champion in 1988, representing the sports clubs SV Union Groß-Ilsede and TV Wattenscheid. He also won an array of silver and bronze medals between 1983 and 1994, and became West German indoor champion in 1986. He has continued to jump into the

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age groups. He is the current world record holder in the M45 and M50 age divisions.

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1959 births Living people German male triple jumpers West German male triple jumpers TV Wattenscheid athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany West German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-triplejump-bio-stub